rOLYLEPTA. 79' 



The two Indian species are very closely allied and may possibly 

 prove identical. Their differences are as follows : — 



Lenp:th 5 mm. ; sciophiline cell square dubiosa,s-p.u.,^.79. 



Length 3 mm.; sciophiline cell nearly twice as 



long as broad //2Cf?'^a,sp.u.,p. 79. 



36. Polylepta dubiosa, sp. nov. 



(S . Head : vertex blackish grey ; proboscis and palpi rather 

 bright brownish yellow. Antennal scape bright yellow, joints 

 subequal ; flagellar joints brown (except base of 1st), cylindrical 

 (]st a little longer), all with rather thiclv pale pubescence. Thorax 

 rather dark brown, with a slight claret tinge, some long yellow 

 hairs around the margins, and the whole dorsum covered 

 with very short and sparse yellow hairs irregularly placed. 

 Shoulders broadly bright yellow, a brown elongate spot on each 

 side of the prothorax. Scutellum brownish, with a row of 

 numerous hairs on the hind margin ; metanotum concolorous. 

 Abdomen black, with moderately thick pale pubescence. A pale 

 brownish yellow basal band on each segment after the 1st, which, 

 with the ultimate segment, is wholly black, the yellowish bands 

 being continued on the underside. Genitalia consisting of a dorsal 

 plate, claspers with a comparatively large basal joint ; an inter- 

 mediate pair of small bilobed appendages, and possibly other inner 

 organs. Legs : coxae and femora yellowish, trochanters and tips 

 of femora a little blackish, tibiae and tarsi pale blackish. Wings 

 pale grey ; venation in accordance with the generic characters and 

 figure by Johannsen (Gen. Ins., Fasc. 93, pi. 4, fig. 6). Halteres 

 pale yellow, clubs blackish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from one male from Mundali, Jaunsa Division, Dehra 

 Dun District, 9000 ft., 10. v. 10 (C. W. Beehe). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



Only two ocelli are apparent in the present specimen, yet in 

 other respects it agrees with Polylepta. 



37. ? Polylepta incerta, sp. nov. 



? $ . Head : vertex dark brown ; ocelli very distinct, yellow ; 

 proboscis brown, small ; palpi pale yellow. Antennal scape and 

 base of 1st flagellar joint brownish yellow, remainder black. 

 Thorax brownish yellow ; three conspicuous broad black stripes of 

 the usual pattern, the median one attaining the anterior margin. 

 Dorsum with irregular short and long hairs ; t^o strong bristly ones 

 above the wing, and four on the border of the scutellum, which is 

 black on the dorsum and yellow at the base and around the whole 

 margin ; metanotum and pleurae blackish brown. Abdomen 

 blackish, with pale pubescence, more or less yellowish about the 



